The Mary Frances sewing book; or, Adventures among the thimble people

by: Fryer, Jane Eayre, 1876-

Publication date: 1913

Topics: Sewing

Publisher: Philadelphia, John C. Winston co

Collection: library_of_congress; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Sloan Foundation

Contributor: The Library of Congress

Language: English

Title within ornamental border

Folded plates accompanied by patterns

Addeddate: 2010-02-25 13:51:43

Call number: 9640027

Camera: Canon 5D

External-identifier: urn:oclc:record:1048786805

Foldoutcount: 21

Identifier: maryfrancessewin00frye

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t13n2t331

Identifier-bib: 00002759858

Lccn: 13022543

Ocr: ABBYY FineReader 8.0

Openlibrary_edition: OL6561490M

Openlibrary_work: OL15310170W

Full catalog record: MARCXML

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Reviewer: prose - - September 7, 2014
Subject: Wonderful Story/Sewing Book!

This is a girl's story book which teaches sewing. A little girl is given a doll and a trunk of cloth and sewing materials--called "Thimble People" who then teach her how to sew a set of doll clothes, including a wedding dress. It's a lot of fun and says a great deal about the childhood of a girl of that period. It includes paper patterns for each outfit and even illustrates decorative embroidery. It's really unusual and it must have been a great gift at the time.

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